Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School eighth-grade world history teacher Erlynn Kirsch has been named a 2014 NEA Foundation Global Learning Fellow.

With this honor, Kirsch is one of 32 award-winning public school educators who have honed “the capacity and disposition to understand and act on issues of global significance,” according to the NEA Foundation.

Hirsch will travel to China from June 20 – 30,visiting schools in Beijing and Xi’an to interact with Chinese teachers and administrators.